{
  "id": 5585579,
  "title": "Arbeitszeit: Arbeitszeitbetrug: So können sich Unternehmen wehren",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/arbeitszeit-arbeitszeitbetrug-so-konnen-sich-unternehmen-wehren",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/arbeitszeitbetrug-so-koennen-sich-unternehmen-wehren/100141010.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "In Berlin, employees are engaging in time fraud by pretending to work when they are actually doing other things. This occurs more frequently than one might think. According to a survey conducted by the market research institute Consumerfieldwork, 13% of the 1,000 German employees questioned regularly fail to accurately report their working hours. Furthermore, three-quarters of the participants admitted to handling personal matters during work hours when they should have been on the job.\n\nTime fraud is no mere trifle, \"rather has immense economic repercussions,\" states Sascha Stowasser, who heads the Institute for Applied Labor Sciences (IFAA) and has been researching shifts in the professional world for years. He emphasizes that absenteeism is very costly for businesses. So, where does poor work ethic end, and where does fraud begin? And what can managers do to combat this issue?",
  "summary": "Wäsche waschen, einkaufen, Netflix schauen: Immer wieder erledigen Beschäftigte Privates in ihrer Arbeitszeit. Wo der Betrug beginnt und was Unternehmen dagegen machen können.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Arbeitszeit: Arbeitszeitbetrug: So können sich Unternehmen wehren",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/arbeitszeit-arbeitszeitbetrug-so-konnen-sich-unternehmen-wehren",
        "published": "2026-09-02T11:37:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}